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Winter & Pond photographs, approximately 1893-1920
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Winter & Pond
- Title
- Winter & Pond photographs
- Dates
- approximately 1893-1920 (inclusive)18931935
- Quantity
-
87 photographic prints (1 box)
2 panoramas (oversize) - Collection Number
- PH0308
- Summary
- Views of Sitka, Juneau, Fort Wrangell, and Chilkat; totem poles; mining activities; glaciers; and Tlingit traditional activities, circa 1893-1920
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Alaskan photographers Lloyd Winter and E. Percy Pond documented the Klondike Gold Rush, mining operations in the Juneau Gold Belt District and traditional Tlingit Indian culture until the 1940s.
Lloyd Valentine Winter (1866-1945) and Edwin Percy Pond (1872-1943) arrived in Juneau in 1893. In 1896 they published a catalog of photographs that could be mail ordered through their store. Winter and Pond made the journey up the Dyea Trail and over Chilkoot Pass in 1897-1898, later publishing a scrapbook entitled "Trail of 98" which they sold to tourists for many years. In 1899 Winter & Pond made a trip to New York and arranged to furnish a series of Alaska photographs for Underwood & Underwood. The most popular Alaskan views included images of native villages and people, scenic views, and Klondike Gold Rush photographs. Locals also favored views of Juneau and of town activities. Sitka and Muir Glacier were two highly favored stops. In 1909, Pond was appointed special agent for collecting exhibits and photographs from Southeastern Alaska for the Alaska Commission to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE).
Winter & Pond also recorded traditional ceremonies of the Tlingit Indians, observing the Tlingit culture(s) coping with the social changes thrust upon it as the surrounding communities underwent prosperous growth and decline. The majority of the Indian photographs were attributed to Winter. Reputedly, he never charged Indian subjects a fee for this photography, but rather did it for his own pleasure. As late as 1928, Lloyd showed his continued interest in Tlingit culture by applying to the Tlingit village of Klukwan for membership in the Alaska Native Brotherhood, a group which fought against racism towards native peoples and promoted civil rights.
Winter & Pond operated their Juneau-based curio and photography studio for over 50 years. They expanded their business by publishing scrapbooks or albums of original photographs on subjects of interest to the tourist trade. They also developed a postcard business, using their most popular photographs. Over time, the Winter & Pond Store became the Winter & Pond Company. In 1945, two years after the death of Percy Pond. Lloyd Winter turned the business over to Francis Harrison, who maintained the Winter & Pond Company until it closed in 1956.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The images in the collection include cities in Alaska including Juneau, Sitka, and Wrangell, totem poles at Fort Wrangell and Kake, mining activities including the Klondike Gold Rush and industrial mining operations, glaciers, Indian traditional activities; and steamer ships, and professional studio portraits.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
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Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
CitiesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | 1 |
Coppermount, Alaska as seen from the water (Winter &
Pond 622) The copper mine can be seen in the middle at the bottom of the
photo.
|
between 1915 and 1918? |
| 1/1 | 2 | between 1915 and 1918? | |
Juneau |
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Cityscapes |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | 3 | June 1886 | |
| 1/1 | 4 |
Juneau as seen from the water (Winter & Pond
3) The Alaska-Juneau Mill can be seen on the right side of the
photograph.
|
between 1893 and 1895? |
| 1/1 | 5 | between 1893 and 1895? | |
| 1/1 | 6 |
Juneau as seen from the water with Mount Juneau in
the background (Winter & Pond 45) Printed on photo: looking north.
|
between 1893 and 1895? |
| 1/1 | 7 |
View of Juneau and Gastineau Channel from a
mountainside (Winter & Pond 483) Written on verso: Juneau, Alaska in foreground. Treadwell
mines across Gastineau Channel. 1906.
|
1905 |
| 1/1 | 8 | between 1905 and 1906? | |
| box:oversize | |||
| XH2 | 8a |
Bird's-eye view of Juneau looking southeast showing
Gastineau Channel and Treadwell mines, Alaska Tri-fold postcard panorama.
|
1909 |
Buildings |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | 9 | between 1895 and 1900? | |
| 1/1 | 10 | between 1900 and 1905? | |
| 1/1 | 11 | between 1893 and 1895? | |
| 1/1 | 12 | between 1893 and 1895? | |
| 1/1 | 13 | between 1905 and 1910? | |
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/2 | 14 |
B.P.O.E. Hard Times Ball theater
production B.P.O.E. stands for Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks.
|
March 21, 1912 |
| 1/2 | 15 | between 1895 and 1900? | |
Sitka |
|||
Cityscapes |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/2 | 16 |
Sitka and small islands as seen from the Sitka Sound
(Winter & Pond 316) The grouping of houses on the left was known as Indian
Village.
|
1896 |
| 1/2 | 17 |
Sitka as seen from Sheldon Jackson School (Winter
& Pond 271) The Sheldon Jackson School was previously known as the Sitka
Presbyterian Mission.
|
1896 |
| 1/2 | 18 | 1896 | |
| 1/2 | 19 | 1896? | |
| 1/2 | 20 | 1896 | |
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/2 | 21 |
Exterior of St. Michael's Cathedral (Winter & Pond
12) St. Michael's Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox church.
|
between 1893 and 1896? |
| 1/2 | 22 | between 1893 and 1896? | |
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/2 | 23 |
Sulzer, Alaska as seen from the Hetta Inlet (Winter
& Pond 623) Sulzer was a copper mining town with an active mine between 1907
and 1918. An office building and general store can be seen in the center of the
photo.
|
between 1915 and 1918? |
| 1/2 | 24 | between 1915 and 1918? | |
| 1/2 | 25 | 1895? | |
Studio PortraitsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/3 | 26 | between 1893 and 1898? | |
| 1/3 | 27 | between 1893 and 1898? | |
| 1/3 | 28 | between 1893 and 1898? | |
| 1/3 | 29 |
Charles S. Cotton in fishing gear holding a fishing
pole Written on verso: Ethel, from her old sincere friend Charlie.
Sheep Creek, Alaska.
|
May 1900 |
Indian LifeReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Indians |
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Tlingit Indians |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/4 | 30 | 1895? | |
| 1/4 | 31 | 1895 | |
| 1/4 | 32 | 1895 | |
| 1/4 | 33 | 1895 | |
| 1/4 | 34 | 1895 | |
| 1/4 | 35 | between 1895 and 1900? | |
| 1/4 | 36 | 1896 | |
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/5 | 37 |
Indian doctor in ceremonial dress healing a man laying
in a blanket in Dyea, Alaska (Winter & Pond 241) The doctor is holding an oyster catcher rattle
|
1894 |
| 1/5 | 38 | between 1894 and 1896? | |
| 1/5 | 39 | 1900? | |
Totem Poles |
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Fort Wrangell Totem Poles |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/5 | 40 | 1895? | |
| 1/5 | 41 | 1895? | |
| 1/5 | 42 | 1895 | |
| 1/5 | 43 | 1900? | |
| 1/5 | 44 | 1895 | |
| 1/5 | 44a | 1895 | |
Klondike Gold RushReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/6 | 45 | 1896? | |
Miners on their way to gold fields |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/6 | 46 | 1895 | |
| 1/6 | 47 | 1896 | |
| 1/6 | 48 | 1897 | |
| 1/6 | 49 | 1897 | |
| 1/6 | 50 | between 1896 and 1900? | |
Chilkoot Trail |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/6 | 51 | 1897 | |
| 1/6 | 52 | 1897 | |
| 1/6 | 53 | 1897 | |
| 1/6 | 54 | 1895 | |
| 1/6 | 55 | 1896? | |
| 1/6 | 56 | 1896 | |
| 1/6 | 57 | 1900? | |
Claims and camps |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/7 | 58 | 1897? | |
| 1/7 | 59 | 1897? | |
| 1/7 | 60 | 1897? | |
| 1/7 | 61 | between 1897 and 1899? | |
| 1/7 | 62 | 1897? | |
MiningReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/8 | 63 | 1893? | |
| 1/8 | 64 |
Treadwell and Mexican gold mines on Douglas Island in
winter (Winter & Pond 304) The Treadwell and Mexican gold mines were constructed on Douglas
Island near Juneau after the discovery of gold was made in the area by Joe
Juneau and Richard Harris in 1880.
|
1896 |
| 1/8 | 65 | 1900? | |
| 1/8 | 66 | 1896 | |
Lurvey Placer and Perseverance Mine The Lurvey gold placer, which was located in a small lake basin,
was discovered in 1881. Around the year 1900, Mr. Joseph Gilbert along with
Col. W.J. Sutherland formed the Alaska Perseverance Mining Company, and began
developing the site. The Lurvey Creek site was developed using drainage tunnels
and flumes, and the Alexander Tunnel and other mining area were developed. In
1910, the company was renamed the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company The
Perseverance Mine (also known as the Alaska-Gastineau Mine) operated by until
1921 when it became unprofitable.
|
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| box:oversize | item | ||
| XH2 | 67a-b | 1906 | |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/8 | 68 | 1906 | |
| 1/8 | 69 |
Flume connecting the north and south branches of
Lurvey Creek showing old south ditch, near Juneau, Alaska Written on verso: Alaska Perseverance. 1906.
|
1906 |
| 1/8 | 70 |
Flumes connecting the north and south branches of
Lurvey Creek Printed on photo: Flume over South branch of Lurvey Creek and
new flume to connect with North branch- showing old brush and board dam.
|
1906 |
| 1/8 | 71 |
Col. W. J. Sutherland and others touring underground
in the Perseverance Mine Printed on photo: Alaska Perseverance Mines. No. 3 East Drift.
340 feet east of Alexander Tunnel. Showing upraise and manway to 300 foot
level.
|
1906 |
| 1/8 | 72 |
Col. W. J. Sutherland and others underground in the
Perseverance Mine Printed on photo: Main upraise to surface. 2100 feet from
mouth of Alexander Tunnel. Alaska Perseverance Mines.Written on verso: Col. Sutherland, Loudon (sitting), J.J.
Mitchell, Supt. (by chute). This set of photos presented to MR by Col.
Sutherland, promoter of mine.
|
1906 |
| 1/8 | 73 |
Col. W. J. Sutherland and others examining the
Alexander Tunnel in the Perseverance Mine Printed on photo: Underground at upraise of Alexander Tunnel.
Alaska Perseverance Mines.
|
1906 |
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/8 | 74 | between 1915 and 1920? | |
| 1/8 | 75 | between 1915 and 1918? | |
Glaciers and IcebergsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Muir Glacier |
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| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/9 | 76 |
Muir Glacier as seen from a nearly hill (Winter &
Pond 180) Muir Glacier is located in well-known Glacier Bay in Southeast
Alaska.
|
1895 |
| 1/9 | 77 | 1895 | |
| 1/9 | 78 | 1895 | |
| 1/9 | 79 | 1896? | |
| 1/9 | 80 |
Muir Glacier as seen from a nearby beach (Winter &
Pond 272) A steamer ship, probably the City of
Topeka can be seen in the foreground. The ship is on a sight-seeing trip
to the glacier.
|
1896 |
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/9 | 81 | 1895 | |
| 1/9 | 82 | 1895 | |
Ships and ShipwrecksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/10 | 83 | 1895 | |
| 1/10 | 84 |
Steamer ship near Taku Glacier (Winter & Pond
390) This photograph is probably a combined print.
|
between 1895 and 1900? |
| 1/10 | 85 | June 30, 1911 | |
| 1/10 | 86 | November 1, 1917 | |
| 1/10 | 87 |
View of the damaged stern and rear propellers of the
S.S. Islander in a boatyard The S.S. Islander initially sank in
1901, and there were many unsuccessful salvage attempts to recover the it. The
shipwreck was partially recovered in 1934 when, after a long-term salvage
effort, it surfaced near Green's Cove on Admiralty Island. The recovery effort
caused a large portion of the ship to be sheered off which remained buried in
the water.
|
between 1934 and 1935? |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Gold mines and mining--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--Photographs
- Indians of North America--Alaska--Photographs
- Shipwrecks--British Columbia--Seymour Narrows--Photographs
- Tlingit Indians--Photographs
- Totem poles--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- Al-Ki (Ship)--Photographs
- Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company
- Spokane (Steamship)--Photographs
- Winter & Pond
Geographical Names
- Alaska--Photographs
- Douglas Island (Alaska)--Photographs
- Juneau (Alaska)--Photographs
- Muir Glacier (Alaska)--Photographs
- Sitka (Alaska)--Photographs
